SOLUTION: A bag contains 3 red balls, 4 black balls and 5 green balls. One ball is picked up from the bag randomly. What is the probability of getting a red or a green ball? Which answer

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Question 633992: A bag contains 3 red balls, 4 black balls and 5 green balls. One ball is picked up from the bag randomly. What is the probability of getting a red or a green ball?
Which answer is it?
a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 4/5
d. 6/7

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probability = %283+%2B+5%29%2F%283+%2B+4+%2B+5%29+=+highlight%282%2F3%29